Valid Names Results

Targionia balachowskyi (Kaussari, 1952) (Diaspididae: Targionia)

Nomenclatural History

Schizotargionia balachowskyi Kaussari 1952: 182. Type data: IRAN: Beluchistan, near Zahedan, on Tamarix sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
Targionia balachowskyi (Kaussari, 1952); Danzig 1993: 221. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Amaranthaceae

Haloxylon | Moghad2013a

Tamaricaceae

Tamarix | Kaussa1952 Moghad2004

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Iran | Kaussa1952 Kaussa1955 Moghad2004

Keys

MoghadWa2021: pp.228-229 ( Adult (F) ) [Targionia in Iran]
Danzig1993: pp.221-222 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
Kaussa1952: pp.182 ( Adult (F) ) [Iran]

Remarks

Structure: Female scale circular, 2-2.2 mm in diameter; convex; colour grey with brown reflection; larval exuviae central, brown; ventral scale present; scale usually covered with particles of the bark (Kaussari, 1952). (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kaussari (1952).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDovGe2003: catalog, 799
Borchs1966: catalog, 251
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 360
Kaussa1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 181-184
Kaussa1955: distribution, host, 17
Moghad2004: distribution, host, 20
Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 53
MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, importance, key, taxonomy, 13, 229, 231-232, 251